The bodies of two slain Honduran migrant youths were found in the Mexican border city of Tijuana at the weekend, officials said on Tuesday, in a sign of the dangers facing Central Americans in Mexico as they seek to enter the United States.

President Trump on Tuesday took to Twitter in defense of his desired border wall along the U.S.-Mexico boundary, describing it as an aesthetically-pleasing structure that will also offer necessary protection for the country.

The bodies of two slain Honduran migrant youths were found in the Mexican border city of Tijuana over the weekend, officials said on Tuesday, in a sign of the dangers facing Central Americans in Mexico as they seek asylum in the United States.

The United States pledged $5.8 billion in aid and investment Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion in development aid for southern Mexico.

For the first time, the United States has been ranked as one of the deadliest countries for journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders. In an analysis by the organization, the US was tied with India as the fifth-most deadliest country for reporters in 2018 — after Afghanistan, Syria, Mexico and Yemen. Six journalists were killed...

NEW YORK, Dec 18 (LPC) - Mexican energy producer Petróleos
Mexicanos (Pemex) will look to banks and export credit agencies
(ECAs) to finance part of its deficit next year, as the company
enters 2019 under a new government and uncertain conditions in
the international capital markets.

The White House said on Tuesday it was searching for ways to unilaterally fund the building of a controversial wall on the U.S.-Mexico border that Congress is balking at, possibly easing chances of a government shutdown this weekend.

President Donald Trump and Democratic lawmakers are in a standoff over funding the government and the main sticking point is Trump's demand for $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border; here's a look the project's status

The United States is committing billions of dollars toward development in Central America and Mexico, as part of a plan to strengthen economic growth in the region and curb illegal immigration, the U.S. and Mexican governments said on Tuesday.

The Honduran mother seen in an iconic photo frantically pulling her young children away from tear gas at the US-Mexico border has been allowed into the United States to seek asylum, officials said. Maria Meza and her five children began to seek asylum late Monday after waiting more than four hours near the Otay Mesa...

Mexico's foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday that the United States is committing $5.8 billion toward development in Central America, as part of a plan to strengthen economic growth in the region and curb illegal immigration.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders suggested Tuesday that the White House has found an alternative way to get its requested $5 billion in funding for a US-Mexico border wall, marking a reversal from President Donald Trump's previous position.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders suggested Tuesday that the White House has found an alternative way to get its requested $5 billion in funding for a US-Mexico border wall, marking a reversal from President Donald Trump's previous position.

Several asylum seekers, joined by two members of the U.S. Congress, waited on a small patch of U.S. soil for hours demanding that their claims be processed immediately, challenging a U.S. policy to make people wait in Mexico if there are capacity constraints.

Maria Lila Meza Castro -- the mother photographed running with her children away from tear gas at the US-Mexico Border in November -- was permitted into the US late Monday night, Sandra Cordero with Families Belong Together told CNN.

Members of a group of Honduran migrants, which included a mother who had been photographed running with her daughters from tear gas several weeks ago, began seeking asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico on Monday, according to a Reuters witness and lawyers for the group.

To some, the thought of asylum-seekers on the US-Mexico border with numbers written in black ink on their arms carries disturbing echoes of the Holocaust. To some migrants, it symbolizes a shot at a new life.

Fifteen Honduran migrants, mainly teens but including a mother photographed running with her daughters from tear gas several weeks ago, were held up on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico on Monday and denied the chance to ask for asylum, a Reuters witness and advocates said.

Latin American currencies mostly firmed
against a soft dollar on Monday, with Mexico's peso clocking its
best day in nearly three weeks and stocks across Latin America
fell as they were sucked into a global equities sell-off.
The dollar faltered with more market participants expecting
a cautious outlook from the U.S. Federal Reserve at the end of
its two-day meeting on Wednesday. A rate hike is larg

The treacherous trek to illegally cross into the United States is rife with peril, as migrants risk death, sexual assault and separation from their loved ones. And for less than $20, tourists can join in the journey.

The Mexican peso gained against a soft
dollar on Monday aided by positive investor reaction to the new
leftist government's debut budget, while stocks in Brazil
slipped dragged by declines in shares of financial companies.
The peso was half a percent higher as investors
positively reacted to the new budget with banks describing the
plans to keep a lid on spending as credible and helpful to
market sentiment.
The budget is a major test of Presid

President Donald Trump and Congress, embroiled in a feud over his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, have only five days to reach a deal before a partial government shutdown could leave about a quarter of the federal workforce without paychecks.

A feud between President Donald Trump and Congress over funding his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall gives lawmakers only five days to find a compromise and avert a partial shutdown of some government agencies that could leave about a quarter of the federal workforce without paychecks at Christmastime.

The first budget presented
by Mexico's new leftist government met with a positive initial
response from financial markets on Sunday with banks describing
the plans to keep a lid on spending as credible and helpful to
investor sentiment.

The Trump administration Sunday reaffirmed the president's insistence that he would allow a partial shutdown of the federal government if Congress does not provide $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, with senior adviser Stephen Miller calling it a "fundamental issue."

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